Imran to take oath as Pakistani PM on August 11

31 July, 2018, 23:02 | Author: Ted Wilson

"Inshallah the PTI govt will do it", Haq said in his statement on social media. "If you take on step forward we will take two steps forward", he had said. The PTI's final count was 116 seats, a few short of half the number of elected seats: 137. The National Assembly has 272 seats in total but two have been postponed and results of two are awaited.

The Allahu Akbar Tehreek party of Hafiz Saeed, who is accused of masterminding the 2008 attacks that killed 166 people in the Indian city of Mumbai, did not win a single seat.

Meanwhile, political activities are at full swing and parties are holding open meetings and secret parleys to arrange the political chessboard.

On the other hand, two other major parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), are expected to meet in a couple of days to devise a joint strategy in a bid to give a tough time to the PTI in parliament, Dawn reported.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Monday that any potential International Monetary Fund bailout for Pakistan's new government should not provide funds to pay off Chinese lenders. "The estranged candidates have again opted for the PTI", he said. "His hard work and tenacity won the day", the former chief minister wrote on Twitter.

The PTI has so far bagged 115 of the 270 National Assembly (NA) seats on which elections were held, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan, which has released results on 267 seats.

Dr Nighat Aftab, a Pakistani physician in Dubai, said that, regardless of the allegations, she hopes Mr Khan and his new government will change their nation's future for the better and rid them of corruption. Khan's party yesterday announced that it is trying to reach out to smaller parties and independents to form the next government.

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has dominated politics in the port megacity of Karachi for decades, and won six seats in the general election after splitting with its longtime leader, Altaf Hussain. Independent candidates have won 13 seats. He still remains one of the most successful captains of Pakistan.

PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that he was "outraged" by the killing of a party member in the northern city of Mansehra and that demanding a recount was a party's legal right.

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